GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Women's AA Final: 2023 World Championships

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Simone won her 6th World AA Title and finally beat Latynina's record !  The All Around Final featuring : Reigning World AA champ, Rebeca Andrade (BR...

2023 Gymnastics World Championships: Men's AA Final

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Here's how to ask questions live. Tonight AA featuring : Kazuma Kaya being Rosa Galiyeva'd for Hashimoto Daiki Jake "Air Pirate" Jarman, Asher Hong,...

2023 World Championships: Women's Team Final

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Here's how to ask questions live. Tonight is the women's team final featuring: USA, Great Britain, Brazil, China, Italy, Netherlands, France and Japa...

2023 World Championships: Men's Team Final

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tonight is the mens' team final featuring: China, Japan, US, Italy, British, Canada, Germany, Switzerland.  RELATED EPISODES & RESOURCES 2023 World ...

2023 World Championships: Brazil, China, Japan, France Women's Qualifying

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

2023 World Championships Here's how to ask questions live. Final Paris Olympic Qualifiers both individual, event and teams are finalized The individ...

2023 World Championships: USA, GB, Italy, Dutch Women's Qualifying

01 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

2023 World Championships We will go live right here on this page October 1st the first day of women's qualifying concludes  (10pm Antwerp, 1pmPacific...

2023 World Championships: Brazil, China, Japan Podium Training

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

2023 World Championships Andrade! What vaults did she do, what bars dismount and how Brazil looked. All the China and Japan details. France, Mexico, ...

2023 World Championships: U.S. Podium Training

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

2023 World Championships We went live on Thursday September 28th after podium training Here's how to ask questions live. Topics: Simone Biles return ...

2023 World Championships Preview

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

World Championships! It's happening. Competition starts on the 30th, and we're here with our mega-preview of everything we're excited about Top 10 ...

U. S. World Team Trials: Day Two Final

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

U.S. World Team Trials  Jessica is in Texas watching live. Spencer is at home watching the stream. Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed: ...

U.S. World Team Trials 2023: Day One

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

U.S. World Team Trials  Jessica is in Texas watching live. Spencer is at home watching the stream.  Here's how to ask questions live. We discussed:...

Worlds Team Controversy Season

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Team Controversy Season has arrived and this year, Canada is hosting Why isn't Shallon Olsen with her big vault score not on the team We revisit t...

International Report: Steve Butcher Interview

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Time to gym nerd out with us in the deepest of deep dives because Steve Butcher knows all the things. in our second interview with the former Interna...

Simone's 8th: The 2023 US Nationals Debrief

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Simone wins her 8th national title: What routines are we adding to the Simone highlight reel? We discuss Shilese Jones and Leanne Wong recording th...

Women's Final: 2023 U.S. Championships

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Simone Biles is an eight time all-around national champion! Reigning Olympic all-around champion, Sunisa Lee, was fantastic on beam. Shilese Jones pro...

Women's Day One: 2023 U.S. Championships

26 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Immediate analysis after Day One of Women's! Simone Biles is in first place with a 9.8 E score on vault! Shilese Jones placed second in a beautiful co...

Podium Training: Live From 2023 U.S. Championships

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Immediate analysis after women's podium training! We discuss: Sunisa Lee and updates on her health Simone Biles and her advice to her team Li Li Leun...

2023 U.S. Nationals Preview

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

THIS SATURDAY 26th - GYMCASTIC LIVE IN SAN JOSE WITH AIMEE BOORMAN 2023 NATIONALS It's the national championship this week! We discuss Why this is...

Kaliya Lincoln Interview & Code Changes Update

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

GYMCASTIC LIVE IN SAN JOSE WITH AIMEE BOORMAN Kaliya Lincoln is here! Jessica talks to the breakout star of US Classic, who tied for second on floor...

2023 US Classic Review: GOAT for a Reason

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The 2023 US Classic taught us many lessons, including: Simone is the GOAT of both gymnastics and quotes Kidneys are optional! The Olympians are facin...

2023 Core Classic: Suni and Simone Session Two

06 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our immediate reactions after watching Simone and Suni! Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Leanne Wong, Kayla DiCello, Skye Blakely,...

2023 Core Classic: Senior Women Session One with MDJDS

05 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our immediate reactions after Senior Women! Melanie de Jesus Dos Santos, Josc Roberson, Zoe Miller, Addison Fatta, Nola Mothers and Mylie Lew! We went...

2023 Core Classic: Women's Podium Training

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our immediate reactions after podium training! Our first look at Olympic All-Around Champions Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee! We went live Friday August ...

2023 US Classic Preview

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's starting! The US elite summer is here! Simone is back! We have a lot to get through. Simone is competing for the first time in two years. What a...

One Year To Paris

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The FIG has opened a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in 2024 and (potentially) qualify to the Paris Olympics. We discuss what ...

Nellie Kim Code

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

THE KIMS: What are all the elements named after Nellie Kim in the code of points? Who actually performed them first and when/what competition? Did Nel...

The Return of Gabby Freakin Douglas

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are posting some of our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A live podcast is for Club Gym Nerd members because Jessica lost her voice from squealing too m...

The Melanie Over America Tour

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The US camp roster featuring Simone Biles, Trinity Thomas's elite return, Chuso dropping out of Worlds, Iordache not coming back, Eli Seitz continuing...

Ashley Miles Greig

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Alabama legend has returned to the NCAA, this time as one of the few black head coaches in college gymnastics. The "tall" (actually just slightly ...

Special Episode: Simone Biles & Suni Lee Are Back

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's HAPPENINGGGGGGG The roster for US Classic is out, and Olympic all-around champions Simone Biles and Suni Lee are both on it! In this breaking new...

Gymnastics' Dumbest Rules

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we're calling out the worst, stupidest, most self-defeating and awkward rules and conventions in gymnastics, starting with... Leotard Rules - ...

Road to Paris: Asian Championships and Worlds Qualification

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Did Mr. Sacramone acci-purposely leak Simone's return? Asian Championships Who qualified to worlds and who missed out? How did Aleah Finnegan and Em...

1984 Fight: Olympic Games vs Olomouc Friendship Games

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

1984 FIGHT! Opening Assumption: Athletes from the Eastern Bloc would have won all the golds and nearly every medal at the 1984 Olympics had they atten...

She Was Robbed: Gymnastics' Biggest Medal Thefts

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

SHE WAS ROBBED! Today, we take on the most dramatic, heinous, unforgettable robberies in gymnastics history and declare who really should have won tha...

Mexico's Moment

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Pan-American Championships saw the US women win team gold alongside a stellar performance from the Mexican women's team that earned silver We con...

Logistical Sweating and the Emma Spence Interview

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emma Spence Interview Tokyo Olympic alternate, Emma Spence, represented Canada at the 2022 World Championships and Commonwealth Games winning bronze i...

History's Best Beam Routines

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Best Beam Routines All other apparatuses take a seat. Today is a beam day. We discuss what makes beam the best apparatus and the qualities consis...

Gymnastics Mythbusters 4.0

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we update and revisit some of our favorite busted gymnastics myths—and bust some new myths as well Myths that sound too crazy to be true, na...

How to Get Your Favorite Gymnast to Paris 2024 Olympics

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How to Get to Paris The gymnastics qualification journey for the 2024 Paris Olympics is already underway, and we're here with a full explainer of the ...

"They Are Made of Something I Am Not": 2023 NCAA Championships

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Oklahoma won its 6th title by .150 over Florida. We discuss whether this makes sense, the perils of recency bias, and the exquisite joys of motivatio...

2023 NCAA Nationals Preview

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NCAA Nationals Preview  It's NCAA Nationals this week! We look at the competition from a few angles: the eagle-eyed view from the second tier, the v...

Juicy, Juicy Controversy: A Regionals Recap

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NCAA Regionals The Denver regional broke us. We delve into what happened with the tiebreak and what happens when the results don't match what you se...

Elimination Nation: The NCAA Regionals Preview

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NCAA Regionals Preview It's elimination season. 36 becomes 16. 16 becomes 8. We break down the regional championships, renaming each one to give it a...

The Code is Feces

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Brody Malone injury, Russia missing a critical deadline, Trinity Watch, and neutral deduction drama dominated the news this week Plus, NCAA regio...

The GymCastic Postseason Sermon featuring Jenny Hansen

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS LIVE SHOW On sale now for Club Gym Nerd members with discount. Discount expires on March 24th when tickets go on sale to general ...

To Rest or Not

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NCAA Gymnastics Week 9 Florida didn't put up full-strength lineups against Oklahoma and it was the talk of the town. The people were triggered! We di...

Winter Cup 2023

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Winter Cup This was the year the women truly understood the meaning of Winter Cup: Falling We discuss Lexi Zeiss going full Ellie Black on this meet,...

With the Intensity of a Raisman

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Headline News Starting with the good stuff: This Def happened from Haruka Nakamura (JPN) Now to the bad: Al Fong is under SafeSport investigation w...

To Score the Impossible Score

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

NCAA Headlines Grace McCallum was injured on vault at the Meet No One Could See Correct or Corrupt: The judging incident in Florida. We discuss how...

10-A-PALOOZA

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There was a special guest at the women's national team camp this week. How do we feel about this? And what do we hope was said? Morgan Hurd discusse...

What Happens in the Air, Stays in the Air

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

SURVEY We want your opinion! Tell us what you think here. EXTRA CLUB CONTENT Club Gym Nerd members can watch the video version of the show, join us f...

NCAA Gymnastics with Vanessa Atler

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

BONUS CONTENT Week One of College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym N...

Can You Count to 3

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EXTRA CLUB CONTENT Week One of College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club ...

College Gymnastics is BACK

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EXCLUSIVE CLUB CONTENT College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to to sample even if you aren't a Club Gym Ne...

Nadia : The Movie

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THE NADIA MOVIE Lies, lies, and more lies! For today's commissioned episode, we watched the 1984 made-for-TV movie Nadia, a Very Highly Extremely Unau...

Project K Episode 2: Interview with Nadia & The Secret Police Author Dr. Stejarel Olaru Part Two

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

EXCLUSIVE CLUB CONTENT Club Gym Nerd members can listen to the full interview, uninterrupted, and have access to the original documents discussed in t...

Project K: Interview with Nadia & The Secret Police Author Dr. Stejarel Olaru

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nadia and the Secret Police Today, the start of Project K, our dive into the files and transcripts from "Operation Olympia," the Romanian secret poli...

Sitting in Pits Made of Mattresses

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Headline News This week, Morgan Hurd blessed us with a double layout to make it all better, and we have a preview of our major exposé Project K—w...

Back From Worlds

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Please login to your Club Gym Nerd account to watch this episode. Not a member? Join here Headline News Since we've been gone... Suni Lee announced h...

The History of Olympic Trials Controversies

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

OLYMPIC TRIALS CONTROVERSIES This week, we have a commission from Club Gym Nerd member Jasmine, who asked for an episode on the history of US Olympic...

The 2000 Olympic Trials

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

2000 Olympic Trials This week, we have a group commission from Brianna, Stephanie, Atwood, Laura, Karla, and Emma, all about [deep breath] the collect...

Liverpool World Championships Event Finals and Mega Worlds Recap

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Event Finals & Mega Worlds Recap We'll discuss both days of event finals, the breaking (?) of the white leo curse a...

Liverpool World Championships Men's AA Final

05 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Men's All-Around Final Carlos Yulo invented a new skill on vault while Asher Hong did a no-handed giant on high bar...

Liverpool World Championships Women's AA Final

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Women's All-Around Final Rebeca Andrade (BRA) is finally the world all-around champion! Shilese Jones (USA) and her...

Liverpool World Championships Men's Team Final

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Men's Team Final Did they fix the leak? Why didn't Donnell Whittenburg vault? Did China make a miraculous comeback...

Liverpool World Championships Women's Team Final

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Women's Team Final The leak on the beam that may or may not have affected the results of the competition. USA won ...

Liverpool World Championships Men's Qualifying

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

  Liverpool World Championships 2022 Men's Qualification Day Yet another near death experience on vault today and China maybe have lost an all-aroun...

Liverpool World Championships Women's Qualifying Day Two

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Women's Qualification Day Two Italy, Brazil, China, British, France, Netherlands, Japan, S. Korea, Hungary, compet...

Liverpool World Championships Women's Day One Qualifying

29 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Liverpool World Championships 2022 Women's Qualification Day One Everything that you didn't see because the rights holders aren't streaming the freaki...

Liverpool World Championships Podium Training Day Two

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW Podium Training Day Two Everything that happened at the second day of women's podium training from Brazil Ch...

Liverpool World Championships Podium Training Day One

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

  LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW Join Us Live Club Gym Nerd members can ask questions live, watch the podcast being recorded, see the gymnas...

World Championships Liverpool Preview

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW World Championships Preview We discuss the women's and men's A-List celebrities of worlds whom we expect to c...

Live from World Team Trials in Texas

23 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Everything that happened in Katy, Texas at the US Women's World Team Trials, a full analysis of the team and alternates, performance highlights and wh...

10 Year Reunion Show

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

  Welcome to Our 10 Year Reunion! Reunion host, Even Heiter brings the original four OG GymCastic hosts, Blythe Lawrence, Spanny Tampson, Uncle Tim,...

Worlds Team Shake-Up

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW US Worlds Team News Kensley, Jessica, and Spencer give their hot takes about the newly named US men's team. ...

US Men's World Selection (Day 1) and World Cup Update

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

LIVERPOOL LIVE SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW US Men's Selection Camp Kensley and Spencer discuss where things stand after the first day of men's selectio...

Paris World Cup Review

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meet News GymCastic's Paris correspondent Laura Cappelle is here to help us break down the major stories of last weekend's World Challenge Cup, inclu...

What the F Is Artistry

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Headlines Larisa Latynina has a previously undiscovered worlds medal that ties her with Simone on the all-time medal list! Constant vigilance news a...

559 World Challenge Cups Are So In Right Now

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The World Championships Field Is Set

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gymternet News The qualification spots for worlds are confirmed and the draw has been made The US women compete in the first subdivision—is that s...

Spencer's Beloved BlogCasts

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Back by popoular demand!

US Championship and Men's Euros Review

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Headlines Riley McCusker posted on Instagram, "At the moment, my voice is being repressed. Don't ever let anyone silence you the way they are trying ...

Behind The Scenes: Day Two 2022 US Championships

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

 LIVE from Tampa at the 2022 US Championships: We chat and answer your questions live about the final day of competiton including Shilese Jones comp...

Day One 2022 US Championships

20 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

2022 US Championships LIVE FROM TAMPA: We chat and answer your questions live about the women and men's competition: Shilese Jones amazing win, break...

Podium Training Report: Women's US Championships 2022

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Podium Training and Press Conference Report from 2022 US Championships: We chat and answer your questions live about how the top seniors looked includ...

US Championships Preview and Euros Recap

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE PODCAST IN TAMPA! Who: Jordyn Freakin' Wieber! Olympic Gold medalist, all-around World Champion, Arkansas head coach… national treasure! When:...

European Championships 2022: Senior Women's Event Final

14 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

European Championships German and NCAA Champion Pauline Tratz joins us live from Munich. We discuss the injuries during vault finals, Kim Bui's send o...

European Championships 2022: Women's Team Final with Pauline Tratz

13 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

German and NCAA Champion, Pauline Tratz joins us live from Munich. We discuss the absolute blow out where Italy dominated, the British improved their ...

European Championships 2022: Senior Women's AA Final & Qualifications

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

GymCasitc Live Show Who: Jordyn Freakin' Wieber! Olympic Gold medalist, all-around World Champion, Arkansas head coach… national treasure! When: Au...

2022 Euros Preview with Pauline Tratz

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE SHOW WITH JORDYN WEIBER! Who: Jordyn Freakin' Wieber! Olympic Gold medalist, all-around World Champion, Arkansas head coach… national treasure...

2022 US Classic Debrief

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

US Classic We discuss the Leanne and Shilese show and what was so exciting about their performances, despite some Classicy mistakes Attendance: Nearl...

Angular and Strange: The 2022 US Classic Preview

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

US Classic Preview But first, we're having a live show at US Nationals with Jordyn Weiber! Listen for details. Leanne Wong was a surprise entrant on ...

The Brazil Era

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pan Am Championships The Brazilian women won team gold over the US at the Pan American Championship. We discuss: Flavia Saraiva as team MVP and the ...

Farewell, All-Around Standings

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Headlines The US women's team for the Pan American Championships has been named, and it didn't go by all-around rank order! We discuss what we're cel...

Greatest Gymnastics Fails

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode is commissioned by Club Gym Nerd Member Ryan, who asked for an episode all about GYMNASTICS FAILS—"the craziest, jaw-dropping-es...

Olga

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Headlines The overturning of Roe, the disastrous implications for human rights and gymnastics, and which gymnasts have hit the streets The good news:...

Behind The Scenes: United States of Handmaids

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Normally BTS is just for Club Members but considering the gravity of the news today, we had requests to make it public.  Today we grieve the loss of ...

The Judges Go Off

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Judge Survey This week, we had elite and NCAA judges complete an anonymous survey, and they did NOT hold back. We discuss: Parents offering sexu...

The New Era: Alicia Sacramone & Chellsie Memmel Lead USAG

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

HEADLINES Chellsie Memmel and Alicia Sacramone-Quinn spoke with the media about their priorities in their new positions of leadership at USAG, includ...

TV's Biggest Gymnastics Fails

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

GYMNASTICS TV SHOWS Make It or Break It and the art of the...punch fr-andspring back stepout Mr. T and cartoon gymnastic form BIOGRAPHICAL TV MOVIES...